Has anyone experienced a positive outcome from higher rep conventional deadlifts? Say… 8-10 rep range.
I’m feeling a bit banged up, and I’m tired as hell, going to back off the weight for a bit, and I’m just curious.
Deadlifting has always seemed aggressively strength oriented to me.
I’m thinking of working up to a heavy-ish set of 5 or so, and then nailing down some volume for a ramp down on all my big barbell lifts for a few weeks. Would this benefit deadlift, or would you guys recommend a a more standardized 5x5, just at a lighter weight?
I’m actually dealing with a pretty strained… trap? It feels right in between my trap and lat, cant really pin point it, but regardless, while it doesnt hurt it to deadlift, it certainly isn’t helping with maximal loads I’m sure. I’ll probably give it a go, I’m sure my back will thanks me haha
I’m doing sets of 8 right now. They’re not exactly fun but they’re definitely lighter. I’m also using the trap bar which seems to hit my legs more and my back less. I don’t like it but it’s what I’m stuck with for awhile. Maybe the trap bar would benefit you.
I love higher rep deads as you stated. Strength is not my focus, so going balls out on actual weight isn’t a priority for me as that increases potential for injury and like noted here makes you feel demolished.
See, I am definitely more focused on strength, but I think I need a bit of a system shock, and to tone it down for a minute. As long as there are general good results from people with higher rep deads, that’s all I care about. Probably benefit my grip too I’d imagine.
As for trap bar, I’d have to buy it, so I’ll have to skip that unfortunately.
I prefer using a barbell. I take a breath and brace in the top position between reps and do touch and go. I control the weight on every rep. I don’t do drop and go reps.
Do 1 top challenging set (of 5?) next session and stop there
For the next 3 sessions, do 1 challenging set of 5 (try add 5/10lbs to the previous session), back the weight off (10-25%) and keep doing sets of 5 until it feels almost as difficult as the first set. That may be 2 sets or 5, depends how banged up you are. The bigger the %drop in weight, the more volume you can get in.
Note: challening is not killing yourself. If you are really struggling, stop 2 or 3 reps short.
Just some recovery, especially if you are volume sensitive, so you are fresh for the block ahead. You can skip it but if you push hard in the backoff sets, you probably should use it.